सद्धर्मस्मृत्युपस्थान
Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra
Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna
འཕགས་པ་དམ་པའི་ཆོས་དྲན་པ་ཉེ་བར་གཞག་པ།
'phags pa dam pa'i chos dran pa nye bar gzhag pa
Mindfulness of the True Dharma (84000)
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Description
While on the way to Rājagṛha to collect alms, a group of newly ordained monks are approached by some non-Buddhists, who suggest that their doctrine is identical to that of the Buddha, since everyone agrees that misdeeds of body, speech, and mind are to be given up. The monks do not know how to reply, and when they later return to the brahmin town of Nālati, where the Buddha is residing, Śāradvatīputra therefore encourages them to seek clarification from the Blessed One himself. In response to the monks’ request, the Buddha delivers a comprehensive discourse on the effects of virtuous and unvirtuous actions, explaining these matters from the perspective of an adept practitioner of his teachings, who sees and understands all this through a process of personal discovery. As the teaching progresses, the Buddha presents an epic tour of the realm of desire—from the Hell of Ultimate Torment to the Heaven Free from Strife—all the while introducing the specific human actions and attitudes that cause the experience of such worlds and outlining the ways to remedy and transcend them. In the final section of the sūtra, which is presented as an individual scripture on its own, the focus is on mindfulness of the body and the ripening of karmic actions that is experienced among humans in particular. (Source: 84000)
Citation
Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna [सद्धर्मस्मृत्युपस्थान]. 'phags pa dam pa'i chos dran pa nye bar gzhag pa [འཕགས་པ་དམ་པའི་ཆོས་དྲན་པ་ཉེ་བར་གཞག་པ།]. [Mindfulness of the True Dharma (84000)]. Translated by Śāntākaragupta, Abhayākaragupta, Śākyarakṣita, Vīryākaraśānti, Subhūticandra, Aḍitacandra, Pa tshab Tshul khrims rgyal mtshan, Gautama Prajñāruci, Jih-ch'eng, Dharmarakṣa. Kangyur, RKTSK 287 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=287&typ=1.
| Number | 287 |
|---|---|
| Canon | Sūtra |
| Sanskrit | ārya-saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna (D) |
| Alternate Titles | 'phags pa dam pa'i chos dran pa nye bar bzhag pa (A He);'phags pa dam pa'i chos dran pa nye bar gzhag pa (C Cz D Dd Dk F Gt H J L Np Pj Pz Q R S Ty U V Z);mdo dran pa nyer bzhag (N);'phags pa dam pa'i chos dran ba nye bar gzhag pa (Ng);'phags pa dran pa nye bar bzhag pa;dam pa'i chos dran pa nye bar gzhag pa;dran pa nye bar bzhag pa;'phags pa dam pa'i chos dran pa xf1;e bar gzhag pa |
| Alternate Titles - Sanskrit | ārya saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna;ārya saddharmānusmṛtyupasthāna |
| Alternate Titles - Devanagari | आर्य सद्धर्मस्मृत्युपस्थान;आर्य सद्धर्मानुस्मृत्युपस्थान |
